http://mmajunkie.comMACAU – While Hollywood may be calling, Cung Le still has something left for the cage.

In the headliner of the UFC’s first event in China, the former Strikeforce champion made quick work of ex-UFC champion Rich Franklin with a one-punch knockout.

The middleweight bout took place at Saturday’s UFC on FUEL TV 6 event at CotaiArena in Venetian Macau Resort Hotel. It aired on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.

After a brief feeling-out process and despite looking a bit flat in the opening minutes of the fight, Le found his opening, and he made the most of it. With Franklin landing combos and then nonchalantly moving forward with a low kick, Le unloaded a huge overhand right to the chin that instantly knocked him out.

Franklin was out on his on his feet, and his body twisted as he fell face first into the canvas from the crushing blow.

The non-title bout, scheduled for five rounds, was waved off after just two minutes and 17 seconds.

Le, a Sanshou kickboxer who’s fought minimally in recent years due to a budding acting career, ranks the win among his best. And that’s saying something considering Le was a longtime Strikeforce champion who headlined some of the company’s biggest cards.

“That’s the biggest fight of my life,” Le said after his latest win. “I don’t even know what to say. Lucky punch, I guess.

“… I came in and waited for him to punch, and I just came in with the overhand right and caught him.”

Franklin, who had bounced around with catchweight and light-heavyweight bookings in recent years, returned to middleweight for the first time in more than four years. But for the 38-year-old vet, he gave no indication of what could be next.

“I’ll have to go home and go to the drawing board and talk to my coaches and make an intelligent decision,” the dejected and still-dazed fighter said.

Le (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) successfully builds off a July win over Patrick Cote and is now 3-1 in his past four fights. The inconsistent Franklin (29-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC), meanwhile, has now alternated betweens wins and losses in his past seven fights.